02/15/2004 01:48 AM
10 Billion Trillion Carat Diamond Discovered
Scientists have discovered a massive diamond with a weight of 10 billion trillion carats - the only problem is, it's 50 light years from earth,within a burned-out star named BPM 37093.
The white dwarf, a burnt out star whose rock has crystallised, was found by Travis Metcalfe and a team of American researchers. He said "You would need a jeweller’s loupe [magnifying glass] the size of the sun to grade this diamond."
The author of the paper which is announcing the find said "The hunt for the crystal core of this white dwarf has been going on for decades but obtaining direct evidence only became possible recently."
Source: http://www.sundayherald.com/39964
:eek: :cool:

That was on the news today http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

Wow i bet jewellers are going to go into space and take some! http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/mischievous.gif

Celli

16-02-04, 22:02

Just wondering, is there such a thing as "billion trillion"? Starting at the lowest I thought it went million, billion, trillion, etc... :confused:

Geck-o-Lizard

16-02-04, 22:08

I think we call it "billion trillion" because we don't have a proper name for it (because our organic human brains are too small to comprehend such big numbers http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/whistle.gif )

Draco

17-02-04, 00:20

A Google is 100 zeros...

But a billion trillion is only 21... http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif